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Awards: Listing of Funded Projects

Every year, NIJ awards grants and cooperative agreements for research, development, evaluation, testing and training and technical assistance projects across the spectrum of criminal justice.

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This page includes all awards funded by the National Institute of Justice since 2003.[1]

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Subtopic: Sentencing

Number of Awards: 463
Total Amount Awarded: $297,208,290

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2016 The Influence of Race/Ethnicity on Disparities in Correctional Dispositions: Examining How Risk Assessment & Neighborhood Socioeconomic Context Affects Sentencing Decisions of Adjudicated Juveniles W.E.B. DuBois Program of Research on Race and Crime University of Cincinnati OH 2016-R2-CX-0045 $134,762 Closed
2016 The Intergenerational Consequences of Incarceration NIJ FY 16 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Northwestern University IL 2016-R2-CX-0022 $32,000 Closed
2016 Understanding and Measuring Bias Victimization against Latinos Research on Bias Crimes Northeastern University MA 2016-V3-GX-0001 $558,575 Closed
2015 2015 Coverdell Forensic Science Grant NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program Iowa Governors Office of Drug Control Policy IA 2015-CD-BX-0031 $73,856 Closed
2015 2015 Montgomery County, MD FY 2015 DNA Backlog Reduction Program NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Montgomery County MD 2015-DN-BX-0007 $101,010 Closed
2015 A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of the Safe Public Spaces in Schools Program (NIJ Comprehensive School Safety Initiative[Category 1]) NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative American Institutes for Research DC 2015-CK-BX-0012 $2,042,273 Closed
2015 A Different Method of Predicting Risk: Unpacking the Potential of a Statewide Sentencing Risk Assessment NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY-UNIV PARK PA 2015-IJ-CX-0002 $32,000 Closed
2015 A Multiple Perspectives Analysis of the Influences on the School to Prison Pipeline in Virginia NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA 2015-CK-BX-0007 $914,241 Open
2015 A Proposal to Operate the National Criminal Justice Technology Information Resource Center. Continuation of award 2014-IJ-CX-K004. NIJ FY 15 Office of Science and Technology Continuations Lockheed Martin Corporation MD 2014-IJ-CX-K004 $3,999,946 Closed
2015 Addition of Forensic Capacities in the Colorado Springs Metro Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program City of Colorado Springs CO 2015-CD-BX-0014 $174,882 Closed
2015 Applied Research, Development, and Method Validation of Toolmark Imaging, Virtual Casing Comparison, and In-Lab Verification for Firearms Forensics NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes Cadre Research Labs, LLC IL 2015-DN-BX-K032 $217,450 Closed
2015 Applying Data Science To Justice Systems: The North Carolina Statewide Warrant Repository(NCAWARE) NIJ FY 15 Research and Evaluation on Justice Systems Research Triangle Institute NC 2015-IJ-CX-K016 $550,740 Closed
2015 Benefits and Limitations of the Statistical Methodology in Determining Evidentiary Value of Latent Print Identification: A Prospective Evaluation NIJ FY 14 Research and Development for Publicly Funded Forensic Science Laboratories to Assess the Testing and Processing of Physical Evidence City and County of Denver - Denver Police Department CO 2015-DN-BX-K027 $140,949 Closed
2015 Bridging the research to practice gap: The utility of understanding juvenile justice practitioners as consumers of research NIJ FY 15 Social Science Research on Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation Child Trends Incorporated MD 2015-R2-CX-0014 $200,000 Closed
2015 Community-level influences on the sentencing of convicted sex offenders NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program University of Massachusetts Lowell MA 2015-R2-CX-0039 $39,997 Closed
2015 Development of Modern Microcrystal Tests for Controlled Drugs, Diverted Pharmaceuticals and Bath Salts NIJ FY 15 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes McCrone Research Institute, Inc. IL 2015-IJ-CX-K010 $122,428 Closed
2015 Development of White-tailed Deer Genetic Database for the Forensic Identification of Poached Samples NIJ FY 15 Graduate Research Fellowship Program in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics West Virginia University WV 2015-R2-CX-0010 $50,000 Closed
2015 Evaluation of an Intensive Truancy Reduction Program (CISDRXT) within Communities In Schools (CIS) of the Dallas Region NIJ FY 15 Comprehensive School Safety Initiative EDVANCE RESEARCH, INC. TX 2015-CK-BX-0015 $4,609,701 Closed
2015 Examining Prosecutorial Discretion in Federal Criminal Cases NIJ FY 15 Data Resources Program The University of Texas at San Antonio TX 2015-R2-CX-0041 $39,823 Closed
2015 Forensic Technology Center of Excellence - Agreement No. 2011-DN-BX-K564 NIJ FY 15 Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences Continuations Research Triangle Institute NC 2011-DN-BX-K564 $3,998,826 Closed
2015 FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program St. Louis Metropolitan Police Dept MO 2015-CD-BX-0016 $150,900 Closed
2015 FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Second Competitive Grant NIJ FY 15 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety NM 2015-CD-BX-0072 $224,835 Closed
2015 FY 2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Miami-Dade Police Department NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Miami Dade County FL 2015-DN-BX-0051 $974,669 Closed
2015 FY-15 Forensic DNA Backlog Reduction Program - Anne Arundel County Police Department Crime Laboratory NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program Anne Arundel County, Maryland MD 2015-DN-BX-0069 $132,516 Closed
2015 FY2015 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center NIJ FY 15 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program New York State Police NY 2015-DN-BX-0034 $950,000 Closed